Tornado Watch 64

Issued

Mar 2, 2000, 1:15 PM CST (19:15 UTC)

Expired

Mar 2, 2000, 7:00 PM CST

In force

6 hr

Issued by

the Storm Prediction Center

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 64
STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1234 PM CST THU MAR 2 2000

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

   SOUTHERN OKLAHOMA                           
   NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TEXAS                              

EFFECTIVE THIS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 115 PM UNTIL 700
PM CST.

 ...THIS IS A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS SITUATION...
 
DAMAGING TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...
THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 80 MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE
POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS ALONG AND 90 STATUTE MILES EAST AND WEST
OF A LINE FROM 40 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF FORT SILL OKLAHOMA TO 10
MILES EAST OF WACO TEXAS.

REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. 
PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS.


DISCUSSION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY
NEAR SURFACE LOW OVER SWRN OK AND SWD ALONG DRY LINE INTO WRN PARTS
OF NORTH TX.  AIR MASS IS DESTABILIZING AHEAD OF DRY LINE WHERE
DIURNAL HEATING AND STRONG MOISTURE INFLUX IS OCCURRING...RESULTING
IN MUCAPE AROUND 1500 J/KG.  VAD AND WIND PROFILERS INDICATE VERY
PRONOUNCED VERTICAL SHEAR IN THE LOWEST 1-2 KM...ESPECIALLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT LIFTING SLOWLY INTO NORTH CENTRAL TX. 
SRH OF 300-500 AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR EXCEEDING 25-30 KT FAVORS
DEVELOPMENT OF SUPERCELLS WITH POSSIBILITY OF STRONG TORNADOES
OCCURRING.   


AVIATION...TORNADOES AND A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL
SURFACE AND ALOFT TO 2 INCHES.  EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND
GUSTS TO 70 KNOTS.  A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 500. 
MEAN STORM MOTION VECTOR 23035.


...WEISS

345,0960 313,0953 313,0983 345,0992

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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.